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Revisiting pragmatic tests in the FL context: Towards interactive tests to examine speech act performance1
(2015-11)
The aim of this study is to explore the task effect of two different research methods, namely those of
interactive discourse completion tasks/tests (IDCTs) and role-play tasks (RPTs). The two research
methods employed ...
A critical vision of the CLIL approach in secondary education: A study in the Valencian Community in Spain
(Universidad de La Sabana, 2015)
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has emerged in European education as an effective method to enhance and reinforce students’ competence in English and skills while covering traditional content areas. This ...
The Role of Politeness in Apology Sequences: How to Maintain Harmony between Speakers
(Universidad de Sevilla: Grupo de investigación "la lengua inglesa en el ámbito universitario", HUM 0397, 2014)
The goal of the present paper is to provide a discourse-based
teaching approach for the integration of the speech act of apologies from
a communicative perspective. In so doing, special attention is paid to ...
The Power of Words: Marcus Antonius’ Funeral Oration in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
(2013)
En este artículo se estudia el discurso fúnebre de Marco
Antonio en la obra de Shakespeare Julio César como ejemplo del poder
de la palabra en la retórica clásica. Se resume la situación socio-cultural
y política de la ...
Oral-based rubrics design: A case study with undergraduate Spanish students in ESP settings
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015-09)
During several decades, considerable attention has been paid to speaking assessment procedures. Probably, the reason for this relevance lies in the difficulties in dealing with oral assessment and in determining the adequate ...
Authentic materials in the Business English classroom: Annual Reports
(Vilnius University, 2015)
International firms are interested in getting the best possible professionals, those who
are able to communicate accurately at the workplace. To help them, the use of authentic
materials in the classroom can enhance ...
Presentación
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d’Estudis Anglesos i Departament de Llengues i Cultures Europees, 2015)
RECETAS E IDENTIDADES EN WISTERIA LANE. EL UNIVERSO CULINARIO DE BREE VAN DE KAMP
(Universitat Jaume I. Institut Universitari d'Estudis Feministes i de Gènere, 2013)
Según Carole Counihan, «la comida es un prisma que absorbe y refleja un ejército de fenómenos
culturales». Utilizando como eje central un personaje de la conocida serie televisiva Mujeres
desesperadas, Bree Van de Kamp, ...
Multimodality for comprehensive communication in the classroom: Questions in guest lectures
(Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE), 2014)
In recent years there have been many studies about the discourse of lectures
(Pérez-Llantada & Ferguson, 2006; Csomay, 2007; Deroey & Taverniers, 2011).
Lecturing is the most common speech event in most university ...
Metaphorical Models, Cybergenres and User Strategic Modes in Virtual Space
(Universitatea Petru Maior, 2015)
In recent decades, new technologies have evolved so rapidly that the use of computers and the
Internet
has resulted in the appearance of a new type of genre, i.e. Cybergenre (Shepherd & Watters, 1998;
Shepherd, Watters ...